Bræklingar

Old Norse Dictionary - bræklingar

Meaning of Old Norse word "bræklingar"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

bræklingar
m. pl. [brók], ‘breechlings,’ a nickname of the Irish, Morkinsk. (Fr.)

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚱᛅᚴᛚᛁᚾᚴᛅᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

Fr.
French in etymologies.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
pl.
plural.

Works & Authors cited:

Fr.
Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
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